Investing.com – Philippines stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Property, Industrials and Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite declined 0.91%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were GT Capital Holdings Inc (PS:GTCAP), which rose 3.51% or 42.00 points to trade at 1240.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Energy Development Corp (PS:EDC) added 1.49% or 0.090 points to end at 6.120 and Metro Pacific Investments Corp (PS:MPI) was up 1.29% or 0.080 points to 6.270 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG), which fell 7.05% or 0.330 points to trade at 4.350 at the close. Alliance Global Group Inc (PS:AGI) declined 5.40% or 0.780 points to end at 13.660 and Petron Corp (PS:PCOR) was down 5.05% or 0.510 points to 9.590.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 132 to 69 and 42 ended unchanged.
Shares in Energy Development Corp (PS:EDC) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 1.49% or 0.090 to 6.120.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.39% or 4.91 to $1263.99 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.63% or 0.29 to hit $46.37 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.68% or 0.33 to trade at $48.62 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was down 0.08% to 7.2895, while USD/PHP fell 0.08% to 49.563.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 97.01.